Highestwire user profile:

Full name: James(Jimmy) Walter Ballenger

Email address: freesoul922001@yahoo.com

IM handle: None currently

Personal info: I am a student at Northern Virginia Community College focusing on an eventual major in either communications, political science, or international politics, and a minor in economics. Once I have my associates degree, I plan on transferring to complete my bachelors at American University in Washington D.C. I would like to do graduate studies in journalism at Columbia University at some point in the future.

As you can probably already tell, I have a lot of goals and passions at this point in my life. Despite what you might think, though, I still manage to somehow be focused and flexible with what I'm doing. My long-term career goal is to work in print journalism as a foreign correspondent covering Mid-East politics and socio-economics, meanwhile doing what I can to earn a living and go to college, practicing and developing my focus skills along the way, and finding time for all the other things I want to do in life.

I enjoy deep discussion with people on issues ranging from politics, to science, to spirituality, to just about anything you can think of, and I value relationships that are purposeful, not shallow. To put it in short, I enjoy interacting with people from diverse backgrounds not only because foreign cultures are fascinating to me, but because I believe we all have a lot we can learn from each other. So let's talk!

James(Jimmy) Walter Ballenger has published the following articles in current issues of Highestwire publications:

DC Festival: Evolving Evangelicalism, published in Highestwire on Saturday, October 22, 2005 at 11:25:08. (9 discussion comments)

Live 8. Dead Silence., published in Highestwire on Sunday, August 14, 2005 at 01:47:51. (5 discussion comments)

A Few Thoughts on Independence, published in Highestwire on Wednesday, August 03, 2005 at 12:01:15. (6 discussion comments)

Heart in a Spindle, published in Highestwire on Thursday, April 14, 2005 at 03:16:26. (0 discussion comments)

Jews of all varieties celebrate Chanukah, published in Highestwire on Wednesday, December 29, 2004 at 11:59:38. (1 discussion comment)

Fixing the Office Space blues, published in Highestwire on Wednesday, November 24, 2004 at 04:07:23. (0 discussion comments)